DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY DASMARINAS

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

EXPERIMENT NO. 5
IMPEDANCE OF A PARALLEL RL, RC, AND RLC CIRCUIT

SCORE:

CANIEDO, JOHN CARLO T.

SUBMITTED TO:

DATE PERFORMED:

JANUARY 2015

ENGR. JUANCHO O.
NATIVIDAD

DATE SUBMITTED:

JANUARY 2015

I. DISCUSSIONS AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS

In this experiment we are about to determine the relationship of the resistor,

capacitor and inductor configured in parallel. As the elements are being connected
parallel in each branches in the circuit, the impedance of the parallel branches
combine in the same way that parallel resistor combine.
In Parallel RL, when the resistors and inductors are mixed together in parallel
circuits (just in series circuits), the total impedance will have a phase angle
somewhere between 0 to +90 electrical degrees. The circuit current will have a phase
angle somewhere between 0 to -90 electrical degrees.
In Parallel RC, when resistors and capacitors are mixed together in parallel,
the total impedance will have a phase angle between 0 to -90 electrical degrees and
the circuits current will have a phase angle between 0 to +90.
In parallel AC circuits it is more convenient to use admittance, symbol ( Y ) to
solve complex branch impedances especially when two or more parallel branch
impedances are involved (helps with the maths). The total admittance of the circuit
can simply be found by the addition of the parallel admittances. Then the total
impedance, ZT of the circuit will therefore be 1/YT Siemens.

Reference:

1001 Solved Problems in Electrical Engineering by Romeo A. Rojas

Self-Sufficient Guide to ECE Electronics Engineering by Jason M. Ampoloquio,
PECE

II. CONCLUSION

After the experiment we are able to further understand not only the series
configuration of R-L-C circuit but the parallel in additional. We are able to determine
the behavior of each element and their phase relationship with each other in the
circuit using the oscillator.
Because inductors and capacitors act differently to different inputs, there is
some potential for the circuit response to approach infinity when subjected to certain
types and amplitudes of inputs. When the output of a circuit approaches infinity, I
therefore conclude that the circuit is said to be unstable. Thus, an unstable circuits
can actually be dangerous, as unstable elements overheat, and potentially rupture.
I concluded that the circuit is considered to be stable when a "well-behaved"
input produces a "well-behaved" output response. I use the term "Well-Behaved"
differently for each application, but generally, we mean "Well-Behaved" to mean a
finite and controllable quantity.
We have compared the theoretical results with measured results, and I
concluded that we may have some uncertainty with the measured values, but we are
able to carefully lessen error possible when we are about to compare the measured
in the computed values.

III. QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS